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CVE-2014-9938

Published: 19 March 2017

contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh in Git before 1.9.3 does not sanitize branch names in the PS1 variable, allowing a malicious repository to cause code execution.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
PoC: https://github.com/njhartwell/pw3nage
only affects 1.8.1+

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 8.8

Status

Package Release Status
git
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (1:2.0.0~rc2-1)
precise Not vulnerable
(1:1.7.9.5-1ubuntu0.3)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was released [1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.4])
xenial Not vulnerable
(1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1)
yakkety Not vulnerable

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/git/git/commit/8976500cbbb13270398d3b3e07a17b8cc7bff43f